The Last Poets: Gylan Kain, David Nelson, and Felipe Luciano

The Last Poets: have you seen this before Last Poets were rappers of the civil rights era. Maybe the first rappers before DJ Kool Herc Coke La Rock. Right On is a pioneering performance film, a compelling record of radical Black sentiment in 1960s America, and a precursor of the hiphop revolution in musical culture. It features the original Last PoetsGylan Kain, David Nelson, and Felipe Lucianoperforming 28 numbers adapted from their legendary appearance at New Yorks Paperback Theater in 1969, shot guerillastyle on the streets and rooftops of lower Manhattan. Opening months after the betterknown music documentary Woodstock and almost simultaneously with Melvin Van Peebless Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song, Right On was described by its producer as the first totally black film, making no concession in language and symbolism to white audiences. You can watch it here at MOMA: atleast for now, but they may take it down or here as Im post